Experience

Rhodes Bake-N-Serv

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Market/Corporate Customer and Key Account Manager

  • Jan 1999 - Present

  Direct Sales and Marketing responsibility of multiple markets along with National Retail Accounts. Responsibilities include: Corporate Account Management of Kroger, Costco, AWG, Publix, and Giant Eagle Management of local key accounts using Retail Food Brokers in various markets throughout the country including Fred Meyer, WinCo, URM, King Soopers, Haggens, Giant Eagle, Meijer, Publix, Bi-Lo and AWG. Preparing and presenting sales presentations to both National and local Key… Show more Direct Sales and Marketing responsibility of multiple markets along with National Retail Accounts. Responsibilities include: Corporate Account Management of Kroger, Costco, AWG, Publix, and Giant Eagle Management of local key accounts using Retail Food Brokers in various markets throughout the country including Fred Meyer, WinCo, URM, King Soopers, Haggens, Giant Eagle, Meijer, Publix, Bi-Lo and AWG. Preparing and presenting sales presentations to both National and local Key Accounts. Developing and implementing marketing strategies and promotional plans with both local and national accounts.

• Sales and Marketing Manager

  • Sep 1990 - Jan 1999

  Responsible for hiring and managing broker sales forces in multiple markets. Training Broker Retail Sales Force to effectively perform responsibilities and implement national marketing plans. Extensive knowledge of computer systems. (Hardware and Networking) Expert Database Programming- Responsible for writing and maintaining various interactive Marketing and Customer Service databases (see below). Extensive Working knowledge of Major software programs including Microsoft Office… Show more Responsible for hiring and managing broker sales forces in multiple markets. Training Broker Retail Sales Force to effectively perform responsibilities and implement national marketing plans. Extensive knowledge of computer systems. (Hardware and Networking) Expert Database Programming- Responsible for writing and maintaining various interactive Marketing and Customer Service databases (see below). Extensive Working knowledge of Major software programs including Microsoft Office Suite (Power Point, Excel, Word, etc.), Filemaker, Navision Financial System

• Retail Link Specialist/Site Administrator

  • Jan 1992 - Jan 1998

  Extensive training and understanding of Retail Link - Wal-Mart's Sales Data Analysis system. Responsible for generating Data and creating reports to analyze the data. Site Administrator for Rhodes - Responsible for managing company information and users of retail link. Responsible for training retail link users. Working knowledge and hands on experience of Wal-Mart's co-manage system - Used by manufacturers to analyze store movement and to place orders